2007 Emmy Award-winning documentary A LION IN THE HOUSE now offers Educational Video Modules for Healthcare Professionals
that sensitively address critical issues of childhood and young adult cancer. Click below for access to curriculum and to order.
Project made possible by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Stories of Survivorship
What happens after treatment for cancer ends? Jen’s and Al’s stories illustrate the emotional, educational, physical and cognitive fall-out from childhood cancer and its treatment. It is critical that survivors receive long-term follow-up care as they grow into adulthood. Unfortunately, many survivors do not receive the care they need for reasons including inconsistent access to health care and lack of professional training on the part of some caregivers. Survivors may be unaware about long-term health risks and cognitive changes resulting from their cancer treatment. This module frankly, yet sensitively, illustrates how the young cancer survivor’s new needs can be met in a variety of ways.
Stories of Resilience
This "A Lion in the House" program shows the enormous burden that cancer puts on any family. It also brings to light the particular impact on families headed by single parents, uninsured or underinsured families, and people in communities where resources are scarce and support is difficult to obtain.
Pediatric End-of-Life Case Studies
This A Lion In the House program offers an intimate view of patients, families and professional caregivers when a cure for cancer is beyond reach. The program explores a variety of journeys at the end of life.
Nurse-Patient Boundary Issues within Pediatric Cancer
Some children and teenagers facing childhood cancer lack familial support. Pediatric Oncology Nurses often grow close to these young people. But Nurses walk a fine line between professional care and taking on the role of a family member, or even a parent. Complex ethical questions are raised in these circumstances. This film tells the story of one charming, troubled teenager, his mother and his nurse.
Sibling Stories
This film will tell the story of several siblings whose brother sister fought cancer. Each sibling recounts their experiences of being pushed to side, left in the dark, and the stress and anxiety the experience brought to them. In frank interviews, they discuss symptoms of depression, their anger and their desire to rebel.
Spirituality and Pediatric Cancer
This film examines the role of spirituality for both families and medical professionals in the world of childhood cancer. How do families use faith to mitigate fear and uncertainty. How do medical professionals work with a family's belief system toward successful outcomes. How do the belief systems of medical professionals complement or impact their practice? In this film, families and doctors all speak with real honesty on these issues.
School still matters to a child or adolescent facing cancer. With childhood cancer survival rates now nearing 80%, most young cancer patients will find themselves going back to school. But will they be accepted and understood by their peers? Academically, will they be months behind? Will the effects of their treatment interfere with their learning abilities?
